The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
3:04 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1472
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 51.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 16.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.18° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / -0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.11° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.